Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Summer Intensive Language Program at
The Arab-American Language Institute in Morocco

The National Council, in collaboration with The Arab-American Language Institute in Morocco (AALIM) for the summer of 2012, is pleased to announce its Summer Language program in the Kingdom of Morocco. Students will spend six weeks in historic Meknes, Morocco taking part in an intensive Arabic language program. Students at all levels of Arabic proficiency are encouraged to apply.

Students will spend four (4) hours each weekday in formal Modern Standard Arabic classes, as well as complete out-of-the-classroom assignments. The AALIM center is host to a community of Arabic learners throughout the summer, providing for a fully immersive program. Students may choose to take an additional three (3) hours of Moroccan darija dialect classes.

Those selected will also gain direct personal experience in Moroccan culture, history, and society through a variety of day excursions, local outings, workshops and demonstrations. Meknes is an ideal setting for students to focus on learning Arabic while exploring ancient and modern Morocco. The main AALIM center is located inside the traditional walled old city, called the Medina, an area which features heavily in the Western popular imagination of Morocco. Meknes is also a thriving modern metropolis of over one million residents. The AALIM center is just a short walk from the bustling town center in the New City.

Friday, March 9, 2012

This is the story Kevin Marshall was telling us about. It looks like Rick Perry turned over management of the recovery funds to a private contractor that paid its lowest-paid employees (interns) $60 an hour. Get the full story here.

Women from this community will read stories from their lives. Not only are the stories representative of women’s lives in the 1940’s and 1950’s but they are stories that model narrative writing. The class is comprised of women from all walks of life. They are your grandmothers and great grandmothers, and they write with compelling authenticity.